Penny-multiple register



June 1 1930- J. F. OHMER, JR 1,763,718

PENNY MULTIPLE REGISTER Filed March 23, 1922 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 JOHN FOHMEI? Jr.

June 11, 1930.

J. F. OHMER, JR

PENNY MULTI PLE REGI STER I Filed March 23, 1922 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 JOHN EOHMERJI".

4 Ju ne 17, 1930, QHMER, J R 1,763,718

PENNY MULTIPLE REGI STER .Fil ed March 23, 1922 5 Sheets- Sheet 3 J 7,1930. J. F. OHMER, JR

PENNY MULTIPLE REGISTER Filed March 25 1922 wmntoz JOHN E OHMER Jr:

5 Sheets-Sheet 4 June 1'7, 1930. 'J. F. OHMER. JR

PENNY MULTIPLE REGISTER Filed March 25. 1922 5 Shets-Sheec 5 O) Q mm//VVEN7'0/?. JOHN F OHMER Jr:

Patented June 17, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFiCE JOHN F. OHMER, JR.,OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO OHMER FARE REGISTER COM- PANY, OF DAYTON,OHIO PENNY-MULTIPLE REGISTER Application filed March 23, 1922.

This invention relates to a penny multiple register for fares and thelike and is in the nature of an improvement on the mechanism shown anddescribed in the application for patent filed by Ohmer'and Ketteman, onFeb. 8, 1922, Serial No. 535,039, which issued May 1, 1928 as Patent No.1,668,024.

Ono object of the invention is to'provide a. machine which will registera relatively large number of fares, or the like, in penny multiples bythe manipulation of not more than two operating devices, and in whichany selected tare Within the capacity of the machine. may be registeredby a relatively small amount of movement of the operating devices.

A further object of the invention is to provide a machine of this kindwhich will register both paper fares and cash fares and which Sillregister paper fares at their cash value.

A further object of the invention is to provide such a machine whichwill be simple in its construction and 0 eration and which will have nodelicately a( justed parts or other mechanism which may be easilydisarranged.

Other objects of the invention will appear as the mechanism is describedin detail.

In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a front elevation of aregistering mechanism cmbodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a sectional viewtalnn on the line 22 of Fig. 1, and partially broken away; Fig. 3 is adetail view of one of the indicator gears; Fig. 4 is a detail view ofone of the n'iut-ilated operating gears; Fig. 5 is a section taken onthe line 55 ol 1 1 Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view of the transfermechanism taken on the line (S 6 of Fig. 9: Fig. 7 is a detail sectionalview of the transfer mechanism taken on the line 7-7 of Fig. 9; Fig. 8is a section taken on the line 8-8 of Fig.2; Fig. 9 is a section takenon the line 9-9 of Fig. 5; Fig. 10 a sectional view s milar to Fig. 2,partly broken away and showing a modified form of the invention: andFig. 11 is a front elevation of the mechanism of Fig. 10.

In these drawings I have illustrated one embodiment of the invention andhave shown the same as comprising an indicating mecha- Serial No.545,941.

nism and a registering device, which. in the present instance is of sucha character that a printed record may be taken therefrom. Thisparticular mechanism is designed to be embodied in the registeringmechanism of the above mentioned application and to be associated withthe various other devices embodied in that application, but it will beunderstood that the mechanism here shown may be used with registeringdevices of various kinds or that the indicating mecnanism may be usedalone, as, for example, an auxiliary indicator for a register.

In carrying out the invention I provide two indicating devices, each ofwhich consists of two members, the members of each indnvating devicebeing adjustable relatively one to the other. Each indicating device isprovided with a separate operating mechanism, the manipulation of whichwill actuate, or set, either or both members of that indicatii-igdevice. These indicating devices are incicated on the present drawingsby the reference numerals A and B. The indicating device A, which may betermed the unit indicating device, or indicator, comprises two rotatabledrums, or indicator wheels, 1 and which are rotatable about a commonaxis and, as here shown, are loosely mounted upon a shaft 3 mounted in asupporting frame 4. The in dicator wheel 1 is the units wheel of thecash indicator and bears upon its periphery the numerals O to 9inclusive. The indicator wheel 2, which may be called the ticketindicator, is for indicating paper fares, such as tickets, half fares,school tickets, transfers, and the like, and it bears upon its peripheryletters indicating the several classes of paper fares which are to beregistered and may have none such indications thereon. the tenth spacebeing blank and corresponding to the zero indication on the unitsindicator wheel. This blank space is so arranged on the wheel that itwill be adjacent to the sight opening in the casing when the indicatorwheel or drum 2 is in its normal or idle position.

Suitable operating mechanism is provided for adjusting the two membersof the units indicating device relatively one to the other so as topresent at the sight opening, in the casing which encloses themechanism, an indication corresponding to the fare received. As hereshown, this operating mechanism comprises a shaft 5 mounted in the framel in the rear of the indicator wheels 1 and 2. This shaft may be rotatedin any suitable manner, as by means of an actuating rod which is nothere shown but which may be connected with the shaft 5 and may extendlengthwise through the car above the seats where it may be convenientlyoperated by the conductor. Secured to each indicator wheel is a gear, 6and 7, with which cooperates a driving, or operating, gear, 8 and 9,rigidly secured to the shaft 5. The indicator ears 6 and 7 are eachprovided with a peripheral recess which may be formed by omitting onetooth of the gear. These recesses are so arranged with relation to theindications on the indicator wheels that when the iIlCllCt tors are inzero positions the recesses in the corresponding gears will occupypositions adjacent to the operating gears 8 and 9, respectively. Theoperating gears 8 and 9 are mutilated gears and are provided on one sidewith gear teeth which are sufficient in number to impart a completerotation to the corresponding indicator gears. On the other side of itsaxis each of the operating gears has a smooth periphery, as shown at 11,which is of such a radius that when the teeth of the gear have beenmoved out of mesh with the teeth of the corresponding indicator gearthis smooth portion of the periphery will enter the recess 10 in theindicator gear and thus lock the gear and its indicator againstrotation. Both operating gears, 8 and 9, are identical in constructionbut are secured to the shaft 5 with their toothed portions ondiametrically opposite sides of that shaft. Thus it will be apparentthat one complete rotation of the operating shaft will impart a completerotation to both indicator wheels, the wheels being operatedsuccessively and the one being locked against rotation while the otheris being moved. It will be further apparent that the indicator wheelswill be actuated by the rotation of the operating shaft in ei herdirection. thus enabling the drums to be rotated in that direction whichwill the most quickly bring the desired indication into line with thesight opening.

As has been stated. the mechanism may, if desired. be provided withregistering devices, other than the indicators, and, as here shown, Ihave provided printing wheels which will be set in the printingpositions corresponding with the indicating positions of the respectiveindicator wheels and from which a printed record may be taken, bysuitable printing mechanism. Inasmuch as the printing mechanism of theabove mentioned application, or any other suitable printing mechanismmay be used, itis not necessary to here illustrate the same as it formsno part of this invention. The printing wheel for t ie ticket indicatingwheel is shown at 12 and tie printing wheel for the unit indicatingwheel is shown at 13. These printing wheels are loosely mounted on theshaft 1 1- and each has secured thereto a gear 15 which meshes with anintermediate gear 16 loosely mounted on a shaft 17 and theseintermediate gears 16 in turn mesh with gears 18 and 19 mounted on theshaft 20. The gear 18 is thus connected with the ticket printing wheeland the gear 19 with the units printing wheel. Connected with the gear18 is a gear 21 and connected with the gear 19 is a gear 22, the gears21 and 22 being also mounted on the shaft 20 and being arranged foroperation by the operating gears 8 and. 9. The gears 21 and 22 aresimilar in construction and size to the indicator gears (5 and 7 and areprovided with peripheral recesses similar to those gears. In order thatthe printing wheels may be actuated. simultaneously with thecorresponding indicator wheels I have arranged the actuating mechanismfor the indicator wheels on that side of the operating shaft 5 oppositethe indicator wheels and have so arranged the gearing that the printingticket wheel will be actuated by the operating gear for the unitsindicating wheel and tne units printing wheel will be operated by theoperating gear for the ticket indicating wheel. To this end the gears 18and 21 are rigidly secured to this shaft 20 and the gear 21 is arrangedin cooperative relation with the operating gear 8, while the gears 19and 22 are rotatably mounted on the shaft 20 and are connected by asleeve 23, the gear 22 being arranged in cooperative relation with theoperating gear 9. In this manner the operation of the operatin shaftwill set both the indicating wheels of the units indicating device andthe printing wheels corresponding thereto in positions to indicate andprint, respectively, the same item.

The indicating device B, which may he termed the tens and hundredsindicating device, also comprises two members, or indicating wheels, 24-and 25, which are adjustable relatively one to the other and arerotatable about a common axis, these indicator wheels being, as hereshown, mounted on the shat; Operating mechanism is provided for settingthese indicator wheels and this operating mechanism is independent ofthat which is provided for the units indicating ('lcvicc. The indicatingwheels 24 and 25 indicate respectively the tens and hundreds of the cashregistrations and each is provided on its periphery with the numerals 0to 9 inclusive. Preferably, the tens indicator wheel 24; is initiallyoperated and the count is transferred from that wheel to the hundredsindicator wheel 25. As here shown, this second operating devicecomprises a shaft 26 mounted in the frame 4 in the rear of the tens andhundreds indicator wheels and has rigidly secured thereto an operatinggear 27 the hundreds indicator wheel I have secured to the tensindicator wheel a gear 29 having on its periphery three teeth only whichteeth are adapted to engage a twenty tooth gear 30 "loosely mounted onthe operating shaft 26. The three toothed gear 29 will, therefore,rotate thetwenty tooth gear 30 through a space of four. teeth orone-fifth of a revolution upon each complete rotation of the tensindicator wheel. Rigidly secured to the car and also loosely mounted onthe sha '26is a second twenty tooth gear 31 which meshes witha fortytooth gear 32 rigidly secured to .the hundreds indicator wheel 25. Inthis manner the forty tooth gear 32'and the hun-v dreds indicator wheelwill be rotated through one'tenth of a revolution for each completerevolution of the tens indicator wheel. In 5 order that the transfermechanism may be normally locked against movement during theoperation ofthe tens indicator wheel I have also secured to the tens indicator Wheela lockingdisk 33 having in its periphery a a0 ,recess 34 in which isarranged a single tooth 37. Cooperating with the locking disk 33.

is a second locking disk, or gear, 35 loosely mounted on the shaft 26and of the same size as the gears 30 and 31 with which it is rigidly35,,connected. This locking member, or gear, 35 is provided with fivegroups of teeth, each group containing two teeth, as shown at 36, and itis so arranged with relation to the disk 33that, normally the peripheraledge of the disk willlie in the space between two groups of teeth,thereby locking the transfer mechanism against movement. When the tensindicator wheel completes its rotation and the teeth. of the gear29engage the teeth of the gear 30 the peripheraledge ofthe disk 33 willbe moved out of the recess in the gear 35. and the gear? 35 will bepermitted to rotate,

the, tooth 37 of the disk 33 entering the space betweenthe two teeth ofthe adjacent pair 5 .pf teeth 36 to permit, of the relative movement ofthe parts.

The printing type wheels for the tens and hundreds are shown at 38 and39 and are loosely mounted on the shaft 14. Connected sa with the tensprinting wheel is a gear 40 which meshes With a gear 41 rigidly securedto the shaft 17. A second gear 42 on theshaft 17 meshes with anintermediate gear 43 whichin-turn meshes with the operating gear I 5mgear 44 which is provided with ten groups.

'ried by an arm 48.

of two teeth each, the groups of teeth being Rigidly secured to theshaft 17 is a one toothed gear 45whi'ch will gengagek one pair of teethon the gear 44 upon each rotation of theshaft '17, thereby causingtheahundreds printing wheel to be advancedone tenth of a revolution for eachrotation of the spaced apart.

shaft-17, while the .tens printing wheelis disk 46 with which cooperatesa roller 47 carthe present invention. I

This alining device, however, is shownand described in the above Withthe above described mechanism it I will beapparentthat before either theuni-ts indicator wheel or the ticket indicator wheel can be movedtoindicating'position the other indicating. wheel of that indicatingdevice must be movedto its zero, or neutral, posi-..

tion. It is sometimes desirableto indicate and register not onlythe-particular paper fare which is received butthe cash value. of that.fare. I have, therefore, shown in Figs. 10 and 11, a rearrangement ofthe operating mechanism for theunit indicating device,

w therefore, set the indicators and registers to indicate any desiredpaper fare and the money value of that fare. this I have substituted forthe operating mechanism for the units indicating device, as abovedescribed, an operating and transfer mechanism identical. with thatshown and described in connection with the tens and twenty toothed gear50 on the shaft 5, while a forty toothed wheel 51 is secured to theticket wheel andmeshes with the twenty toothed gear -52 of the'transfermechanism,

, which, as has been-stated, is similar tothat above described and it isnot thought necessary to I repeat the description thereof. With thisarrangement of the mechanism I am able to indicate. and-register 999cash fares and al o to indicate and register 9 paper To accomplish faresand 999 different cash values for each:

such paper fare. This large number of registrations may beeffected. byvarelatively small amount of movement imparted to the scription.ofuthe-several parts thereof, and

it will be apparent. that I 1 have produced a penny multiple indicatorand register which will register a relatively large number of fares inpenny multiples, as well as paper fares, by the manipulation of not morethan two operating devices and that the operating devices are of such acharacter that a relatively small amount of movement thereof will effectthe desired indication. The mechanism is very simple in its construetion, calls for no fine adjustments, and has no parts which may beeasily disarranged or rendered inoperative.

\Vhile I have shown and described one embodiment of my invention I wishit to be understood that I do not desire to be limited to the detailsthereof as various modifications may occur to a person skilled in theart.

Having now fully described my invention what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a mechanism of the character described, an indicator comprisingtwo members separately rotatable about a common axis, a gear connectedwith each of said members mutilated gears cooperating with therespective first mentioned gears, and means for simultaneously actuatingsaid mutilated gears, said mutilated gears being so arranged that theywill successively engage the re spective first mentioned gears.

2. In a mechanism of the character described, an indicator comprisingtwo members separately rotatable about a common axis, a gear connectedwith each of said members, mutilated gears cooperating with therespective first mentioned gears, and means for simultaneously actuatingsaid mutilated gears, said cooperating gears being so arranged withrelation to the two members of said indicator that one of said memberswill be moved to a neutral position before the other member is operated.

3. In a mechanism of the character de scribed, an indicator comprisingtwo members separately rotatable about a common axis, a gear connectedwith each of said members, mutilated gears cooperating with therespective first mentioned gears, and means for simultaneously actuatingsaid mutilated gears, said cooperating gears being so arranged withrelation to the two members of said indicator that one of said memberswill be moved to a neutral position before the other member is operated,and means for retaining the first mentioned member in its neutralposition during the operation of said other member.

at. In a mechanism of the character described, an indicator comprisingtwo members separately rotatable about a common axis, a gear connectedwith each of said members, mutilated gears cooperating with therespective first mentioned gears, and means for simultaneously actuatingsaid mutilated gears, said mutilated gears being so arranged that theywill successively engage the respective first mentioned gears, each ofsaid mutilated gears having a part to engage the corresponding firstmentioned gear to hold the latter against movement when said mutilatedgear is out of engagement therewith.

In a mechanism of the character described, an indicator comprising twomembers separately rotatable about a common axis, a gear connected witheach of said members, each of said gears having a peripheral recess,multilated gears cooperating with the respective first mentioned gears,and means for simultaneously actuating said mutilated gears, each ofsaid mutilated gears having a part concentric with its axis and arrangedto enter the recess in the corresponding first mentioned gear when theteeth of said mutilated gear are out of engagement therewith.

6. In a mechanism of the character described, an indicator comprisingtwo members separately rotatable about a common axis, a gear connectedwith each of said members each of said gears having a peripheral recess,two circular driving members mounted on a. common axis, means forrotating said driving members in unison, each of said driving membershaving a portion of its periphery provided with teeth to engage thecorresponding first mentioned gear and having another portion of itsperiphery smooth and concentric with its axis and arranged to enter therecess in the corresponding first mentioned gear, the toothed portionsof said driving members being out of line one with the other.

7. In a mechanism of the character described, an indicator comprisingtwo members separately rotatable about a common axis, a gear connectedwith each of said members, each of said gears having a peripheralrecess, two circular driving members mounted on a common axis, means forrotating said driving members in unison, each of said driving membershaving approximately onehalf its periphery provided with teeth to engagethe corresponding first mentioned gear and having the remainder of itsperiphery smooth and arranged to enter the recess in said firstmentioned gear when the toothed portion of said driving member is out ofengagement therewith, the toothed portions of the two driving membersbeing located on opposite sides of the common axis of said drivingmembers.

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14.1111 meehanisnrofthe character de-- scribedpa penny: multipleindicator comprisingatwo separately operable indicating devioes -eachindicating: device comprising two members whiohare adjustable relativelyone tOltllC'JObl-ICD, separate operating devices for thearespectiveindicating devices, means Y actuatad iby one of said operating devicesfor moving one. of. saidmembers'in either directiflnffllld meanscontrolled by the first mentionedimember for'moving a second memberintheisame :directionn 15. In a mechanism of the character'describeditwnasepawtely operabledndicating devices each comprising two members;the" members'ofweaoh indicating-.ddvicebing adjuirelativeiy ammo-theothery separate operating device& for the respectiveindicabingnienims,sandrfmeensactuated by said opemtingdevicesionrsettingonemember of oncief said indicating -devices in a predeter'minedipocitihn and; adjusting the other members'eofirbothindicating'devices-relatively to thevfirstmmtioned memben:

ingudevioe ibeing -r adj'uQablerelatively; one totheeotker; theindirntomwheels of one-indicatingu device having;= respectively paperfare lindioations and unit indications and thelindicstor rwheelsof -theother indicating:

devicavlmving ra'especti vcly tens indications and hundmdsdndicatiomseparate opemting devices for the respective indicating devices,

and means actuated by said operating de-' vices for moving the paperfare indicating wheel into a predetermined position and adjusting theother indicating wheels relatively thereto.

17. In a mechanism of the character described, an indicator comprisingtwo members separately rotatable in either direction about a commonaxis, and a single operating device having separate connection with therespective members and the continuous movement of which in eitherdirection will successively actuate said members.

18. A penny multiple indicator comprising two separately operableindicating devices, one of said indicating devices comprising twomembers, each separately movable with relation to the other, andarranged to cooperate with the other indicating device to indicate inpenny multiples an item comprising three digits, a single operatingdevice for said indicating device having means for selectively actuatingeither member thereof, and for holding the other member against movementduring the movement of the member which is actuated, and means foractuating the other indicating device.

19. In a mechanism of the character described, a penny multipleindicator comprising two separately operable indicating de vices, one ofsaid indicating devices comprising two members each separately movablewith relation to the other, and arranged to cooperate with the otherindicating device to indicate in penny multiples an item comprisingthree digits, a single operating device for said indicating devicehaving means for first moving one of said members to its neutralposition and then actuating the other member, and means for actuatingthe other indicating device.

20. In a mechanism of the character described, a penny multipleindicator comprising two separately operable indicating devices, one ofsaid indicating devices compris ing two members each separately movablewith relation to the other, and arranged to cooperate with the otherindicating device to indicate in penny multiples an item comprisingthree digits, a single operating device for said indicating device, thecontinuous movement of which in one direction will first move one ofsaid members to its neutral position and then move the other of saidmembers to a selected position, and means for operating the otherindicating device.

21. In a mechanism of the character described, a penny multipleindicator comprising two separately operable indicating devices, one ofsaid indicating devices comprising-two members each separately movablewith relation to the other, and arranged to cooperate with the otherindicating device 22. In a mechanism of the character de-' scribed, anindicator comprising two members separately rotatable about a commonaxis to selected positions with relation one to the other, and a singleoperating device for selectively ositioning said members, said operatingcevices having means for moving either of said members to its selectedposition and for holding the other member against movement.

23. In a mechanism of the character described, an indicator comprisingtwo members separately rotatable about a common axis to selectedpositions with relation one to the other, and a single operating devicefor se lectively positioning said members, said operating devicehaving-means for moving either of said members to a neutral position andthen moving the other member to a selected position.

24. In a mechanism of the character described, a fare indicatorcomprising two separately operable indicating devices, one or' saidindicating devices having a member carrying units indications and asecond member carrying paper fare indications, said members beingseparately operable, the other indicating device having a membercarrying tens indications and a second member carrying hundredsindications, said units, tens and hundreds indicating members beingarranged to indicate in penny multiples a selected item comprising threedigits, and a single operating mechanism for each of said indicatingdevices, said operating mechanisms being separate one from the other.

25. In a mechanism of the character described, a fare indicatorcomprising two separately operable indicating devices, one of saidindicating devices having a member carrying units indications and asecond member carrying paper fare indications, said members beingseparately rotatable, the other indicating device having a membercarrying tens indications and a second member carrying hundredsindications, said units, tens and hundreds indicating members beingarranged to indicate in penny multiples a selected item comprising threedigits, a single operating device for each of said indicating devices,said operating devices being separate one from the other, printingwheels corresponding to the members of said indicating devices, andmeans actuated by said actuating devices for setting said printingwheels to print a record of the item indicated by the respectiveindicating devices.

26. In a penny multiple indicator, an indicator shaft and an operatingshaft arranged in parallel relation, an indicating device mounted onsaid indicator shaft and compris ing two members which are adjustablerelatively one to the other, means actuated by said actuating shaft toadjust one of said members, a multilated gear rigidly connected withsaid member for rotation therewith about the axis of said indicatorshaft, a second gear rotatably mounted on said actuating shaft andarranged to be actuated by said mutilated gear through a predeterminedmovement upon each complete rotation of said member, a third gearrotatably mounted on said actuating shaft and rigidly connected withsaid second gear, a fourth gear rigidly connected with the other memberof said indicating device for rotation therewith about the axis of saidindicator shaft and meshing with said third gear, and cooperatingmembers rigidly connected respectively with said mutilated gear and withsaid second gear.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature hereto.

JOHN F. OHMER, JR.

